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Impact Report 2025-26

ADD-vance's Impact Report 2025-26 shows how the Hertfordshire charity helped families understand, embrace and celebrate neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism. Its Support Hub handled 2.5k contacts, 91% of them from parents and carers, and the charity trained more than 6.2k parents, carers and professionals. 87 families used its coaching service, 79 children and young people attended its courses and 8 young people were supported through 1:1 work, alongside free online support groups for parents and carers.

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About

ADD-vance is a Hertfordshire charity supporting neurodivergent children and young people, including those with ADHD and autism, and their families. It runs a Support Hub helpline, parent and professional training, coaching, support groups and courses for young people.

Key Metrics

2.5k Support Hub contacts supported
6.2k+ parents, carers and professionals trained
87 families accessed the coaching service

Key Outcomes

  • 99% of callers say they would recommend the Support Hub to others
  • 79 children and young people attended one of the charity's courses
  • 8 young people were supported through 1:1 work

Geography

East of England

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service